Multiple Input Devices Mapping per Player

[johey]

An update by Sorgelig from July 3'rd states:

Main:

• input: support for multiple input devices mapping per player.

Can someone please explain how to use this? I am having a hard time getting my head around this. The WIKI seems not updated unless I'm reading it wrong.

I can map all different controllers in Main, and also in the cores, and sometimes I can use multiple of my devices as player one, but sometimes pressing the second controller maps it to player two. It would be awesome to understand the logic behind it.

[Lightwave]

you need to do this in mister.ini

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_Mi ... MiSTer.ini

specifically this section:

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; Permanently assign specific controller to specific player.
; Normally you don't need to use this option, but if you use arcade cabinet with integrated controllers then
; you may want to use it for specific player regardless which controller is used first.
; To assign it, you need to provide unique part of this controller ID.
; In USB debug log you may see list of input devices right after core has been loaded. 
; For example:
;
; opened 0( 0): /dev/input/event8 (1915:0040) 0 "7c:10:c9:15:22:33/df:47:3a:12:44:55" "Flydigi APEX2"
; ...
; opened 7( 7): /dev/input/event3 (1997:2535) 0 "usb-ffb40000.usb-1.6/input0" "  mini keyboard"
; opened 9( 9): /dev/input/event0 (046d:4024) 0 "usb-ffb40000.usb-1.2/input2:1/4024-19-a2-39-0a" "Logitech K400"
;
; following part is unique identifier in system ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
; So you need to provide part of this string identifying exactly this device. Don't include inputX part as it may change after reboot.
; Wireless devices usually have format MAC/MAC, wired devices use usb-... format.
; UPDATE: you may define up to 8 devices to the same player. Use player_1_controller in several lines to assign multiple devices to player 1.
;
; Example of such unique part of strings:
;
;player_1_controller=usb-1.2/  ;include / at the end so it won't match with something like usb-1.2.3
;player_2_controller=7c:10:c9:15:22:33/df:47:3a:12:44:55
;player_3_controller=1915_0040_55c4dd0c ; VID_PID_HASH - VID, PID and unique HASH
;player_4_controller=1915_0040 ; VID_PID - warning, it will assign all input devices with these VID:PID to same player!

[johey]

Awesome! There is even an example in the .ini file. Thanks!